by Dan Wolken, USA TODAY Sports

by Dan Wolken, USA TODAY Sports

Texas football coach Mack Brown announced Friday that two players had been suspended and sent home from the team's trip to the Alamo Bowl after a police investigation into allegations of an early-morning sexual assault at a San Antonio hotel.

Brown, speaking at a previously scheduled Alamo Bowl news conference, did not name the players and declined to answer questions about the incident or the players, other than to say they had broken team rules.

On Friday night The Associated Press, citing a person with knowledge of the suspensions, identified backup quarterback Case McCoy and linebacker Jordan Hicks as the players sent home. The AP said the person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the school was not releasing the players' names.

Brown declined to answer whether Texas players had a curfew in San Antonio

McCoy threw for 722 yards with six touchdowns and three interceptions In eight games, including a start against Kansas State in the final game of the regular season when David Ash was injured.

Ash was cleared to start when the Longhorns play Oregon State on Saturday night.

Hicks recorded 23 tackles in three games before a hip injury ended his season.

A Texas spokesman did not return a phone call or e-mail.

According to a report provided by San Antonio police, officers were called to a hotel at 2:49 a.m. Friday to respond to a possible sexual assault involving a 21-year-old white woman. The woman said she had been drinking at a nightclub and had invited the two players to her hotel room. The officer reported bruising on the accuser's knee and biceps, and she was transported to the hospital.

According to the police report, the victim and two players were examined by the same sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) at the Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital in San Antonio.

Police confirmed the investigation was ongoing, and no charges had been filed as of Friday afternoon.

This incident caps a difficult three-year stretch for Texas, which played in the national championship game following the 2009 season but followed with records of 5-7, 8-5 and 8-4, causing some fans to question whether Brown, 61, can return the program to elite status.